Emma's Letter

The recent form tells an interesting story. Reading the last six runs from newest to oldest — a win, then a ninth, then a third, a fourth, and two seconds — you see a horse that can look lost one day and then bounce straight back to winning the next. That ninth-place finish looked like a blip, and so it proved. Just days later, Emma's Letter was back in the winner's enclosure at Nottingham, taking the race on 2 July 2026. That is exactly the kind of resilience that keeps people interested in a horse.

The distance sweet spot is clearly around a mile and three to a mile and four furlongs — roughly ten to eleven furlongs for anyone unfamiliar with the old measurements. In that range, she has won one from three races, a 33% win rate, which is a genuinely strong return at that trip. For context, winning one in every three races at any distance is impressive; most horses are doing well to win one in five. That suggests she is not just competitive at that distance but actually thrives there.

Ed Dunlop trains Emma's Letter out of Newmarket, which is essentially the heartland of British flat racing. His yard has sent out 39 winners already this season, making it a yard in fine form and one that clearly knows how to place its horses well. Emma's Letter tends to run in Class 5 races — the bread-and-butter level of the sport rather than the glamour events — and has won one from five at that level, a 20% win rate, or roughly one in every five. With a Nottingham win this week and a race just yesterday, this is a horse very much in the thick of a busy summer campaign.